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Garment factory fire kills 7
At least seven female workers died in stampede and of suffocation and 20 others were injured when a deadly fire broke out in a garment factory at Mohammadpur in the city on Saturday afternoon. Workers and relatives alleged that some workers remained missing after the blaze and staged demonstrations in front of the factory in the evening. Witnesses and fire fighters said that the deaths... Full story
Dhaka, Delhi set to sign extradition treaty
Dhaka is set to sign an extradition treaty with New Delhi at an India-Bangladesh home minister-level meeting in Dhaka on Monday allowing the authorities of both India and Bangladesh to hand over persons... Full story
Target may not be achieved by 2015
Government agencies are unlikely to achieve the target of increasing per capita power generation to 458kWh (unit) by 2015 because of slow execution of long-term power projects both in the public and the private sector, officials said. Full story
Teachers threaten boycott of SSC exams
Non-government teachers, on demonstrations for job nationalisation for about a fortnight, on Saturday threatened boycott of the forthcoming Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations if their demand was not... Full story
Nipah kills five more
Encephalitis caused by Nipah virus infection claimed five more lives in the country in January, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research confirmed following diagnosis. The institute officials said... Full story
METRO
Rajuk yet to ascertain number of dislodged families
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakhya is yet to find out how many people were dislodged by Hatirjheel-Begunbari Lake development project needing rehabilitation. Rajuk chairman Nurul Huda told New Age that the... Full story
BUSINESS
Qatar, Jordan to recruit female workers free
Qatar and Jordan offered to recruit housemaids from Bangladesh under government to government arrangements without charging migration costs, officials said. They said around 100 housemaids from the country... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
French-led troops in Mali seize airport
French-led troops Saturday seized the airport and a key bridge serving the Islamist stronghold of Gao in a major boost to a 16-day-old offensive to rout al-Qaeda-linked rebels from Mali’s sprawling desert north. Full story
SPORTS
Azarenka Aussie queen, again
Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title on Saturday with a tense 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory over China’s Li Na, who suffered a sickening ankle injury in the second set and hit her head in the third when she twisted the joint for a second time. Li dominated the first set but Azarenka raced out to a 3-1 lead in the second before Li slipped and twisted her left ankle. Full story
EDITORIAL
Bangladesh’s poor image and idle foreign ministry
When the ruling Awami League and its government is... Full story
OP-ED
Baby Zaman dies
Seasoned film actor Baby Zaman died on Friday at Bangladesh Medical College Hospital. He was 79. He had been suffering from kidney and liver problems. His namaz-e-janaza was held near a mosque near his residence at Lalmatia. He was buried at the graveyard on the Salimullah Road at Mohammadpur on Friday. Full story
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